Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part IV — Page 211
Footnote Number Eleven 211 bad. No living being is deprived of it. And the name of this grace is ra h m a niyyat [graciousness] in the Holy Quran and by virtue of it God has been called رحمٰن [ Ra h m a n ] in S u rah al-F a ti h ah after the attribute of ن ی رب العٰلم [ Rabbul-‘ a lam i n ], as is said: 1 ُدْمَحْلَا ِهّٰلِل ِّبَر َنْيِمَلٰعْلا ِنٰمْحَّرلا. This attribute is mentioned at several other places in the Holy Quran also. One of them is the following: َكَرٰبَت ْيِذَّلا. ًةَفْلِخ ْنَمِّل َو اَذِا َلْيِق ُمُهَل اْوُدُجْسا ِنٰمْحَّرلِل اْوُلاَق َو اَم ُنٰمْحَّرلا١ۗ ُدُجْسَنَا اَمِل اَنُرُمْاَت َو ْمُهَداَز اًرْوُفُن َ النَّهَار َو َوُه ْيِذَّلا َلَعَج َلْيَّلا َو. َو ُداَبِع ِنٰمْحَّرلا َنْيِذَّلا َنْوُشْمَي ىَلَع ِضْرَاْلا اًنْوَه َّو اَذِا ُمُهَبَطاَخ َنْوُلِهٰجْلا َلَعَج يِف ِءٓاَمَّسلا اًجْوُرُب َّو َلَعَج اَهْيِف اًجٰرِس َّو اًرَمَق اًرْيِنُّم. َداَرَا ْنَا َرَّكَّذَّي ْوَا َداَرَا اًرْوُكُش 2. اْوُلاَق اًمٰلَس Meaning that, when the disbelievers, the faithless, and the atheists are asked to prostrate before رحمٰن [ Ra h m a n ], they declare their aversion to the attribute رحمٰن [ Ra h m a n ] and they retort by way of denial, ‘Who is this Ra h m a n? ’ (Allah responds to them by saying) رحمٰن [ Ra h m a n ] is that Being, the Source of abundant blessings and the Fountainhead of perpetual good, who has made mansions in the heaven and has placed in those mansions the sun and the moon which shed light for all creatures without discriminating between believer and disbeliever; the same رحمٰن [ Ra h m a n ] made for you—that is, for the whole of man- kind—day and night that alternate one after the other so that a seeker of true understanding may benefit from these points of wisdom and be freed from the veil of ignorance and heedlessness, and he who is ready to be grateful may render thanks. The true worshippers of رحمٰن [ Ra h m a n ] are those who walk on the earth in meekness and when the ignorant address them in a harsh language they answer back in words of peace and mercy. That is, they respond to harshness with gentleness and offer blessing in return of abuse; thus, they reflect the qualities of 1. All praise belongs to Allah, Lord of all the worlds, the Gracious… ( S u rah al-F a ti h ah, 1:2–3). [Publisher] 2. S u rah al-Furq a n, 25:61–64 [Publisher]